freighttrain

7 photos tagged freighttrain, from 3 members of Flickr Commons.

When were these photos taken?

1939

2009

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Flawless Rhythm said:
Unbelievable shot. This guy was good, and man, did he get around!
Sean Lamb said:
The locomotive in this picture is number 5000, a 2-10-4 built in 1930 by Baldwin. It is now preserved in Amarillo, Texas. There's more information at the Wikipedia page about this locomotive.
The Library of Congress said:
Very interesting information! Thanks for your interest in the collection.
Stephanie Stout said:
Yes, that's Madame Queen, an experimental 2-10-4 that gave rise to the 5001 class of 1938 and the 5011 class of 1944. The 5011 class were the last steam engines built for the Santa Fe and ran in helper service until 1957 in Abo Canyon, east of Belen. This passing siding is still protected by Automatic Block Signals using upper quadrant semaphores in this photo. Before WWII was over, heavy freight traffic caused this division to get Centralized Traffic Control with searchlight signals.
Mark Vogel said:
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Railroad Semaphore Signals of the World, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

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rdng tchr said:
Wow! Amazing photo with the two trains heading off in different directions!
angler77 said:
Very interesting for me. I worked for the Forest Service in 1960's and spent my summers fighting fires in this same location
Kim Baldwin said:
I live about 5 minutes from this location. I'll have to see if i can find about where the photographer was standing when he took this photo.
feens, THE feens said:
To be in this exact spot a two trains passed by!
SERGIO said:
outstanding view....just beautiful....scenery like this is why I suggest a train ride(s) to any location 'cross this Country of ours as a great vacaiton....( and no I dont sell train-tickets or have any other affiliation(s) with the RailRoad(s).....